Fernando Alonso emerged as the quickest driver in the first practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix on Friday trumping the dominant Mercedes by a tenth. Lewis Hamilton led within the Mercedes camp but was only 0.027 seconds faster than teammate and championship rival Nico Rosberg, Defending champion Sebastian Vettel was fourth, eight-tenths off the pace but more worryingly the power unit in his Red Bull failed moments after practice ended. Vettel is using a new chassis this weekend in an attempt to improve his performance this season, at least relative to his teammate Daniel Ricciardo, who ended the session in fifth, a second slower than the top time. The two Toro Rosso drivers...
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